Boris A. Litvinsky
Articles by Boris A. Litvinsky
- SHIELD in Eastern Iran
SHIELD in Eastern Iran In Lurestan, a round bronze shield was found, which has a skirting along the edge, an…
- ARROWS in Eastern Iran
ARROWS IN EASTERN IRAN. Arrows came in use along with the bow, and the two developed in parallel. In the…
- ARMOR ii. In Eastern Iran
ARMOR ii. IN EASTERN IRAN By the 6th, or even 7th, century BCE, the Scythian and Northern Caucasian nomads had…
- BUDDHISM iv. Buddhist Sites in Afghanistan and Central Asia
BUDDHISM iv. BUDDHIST SITES IN AFGHANISTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA The spread of Buddhism beyond the Indian subcontinent accelerated under the…
- SPEAR
SPEAR in Eastern Iran. Spear (Av. aršti- ‘spear,’ OPers. aršti ‘throwing weapon’ or ‘javelin’) is mentioned in the Avesta several…
- BATTLE-AXES in Eastern Iran
BATTLE-AXES in Eastern Iran. Battle-axes made of bronze appeared in Eastern Iran during the Bronze Age. One such object comes…
- ILĀQ
ILĀQ, medieval name of an area in what is now Uzbekistan, to the south of Tashkent along the middle reaches…
- GAFUROV, BOBODZHAN GAFUROVICH
GAFUROV, BOBODZHAN GAFUROVICH (b. 1908; d. 1977; Figure 1), Tajik statesman, academician, and historian. Gafurov was born in the Ispisar…